One day after Boeing filed its formal trade complaint against Montreal-based Bombardier, Australia was knocking at Canada's door wondering if the Trudeau government was interested in buying used fighter jets, newly released documents show. When the letter arrived the ink was barely dry on Chicago-based Boeing's incendiary trade complaint, which was filed with the U.S. Commerce Department on April 27, 2017. At the time, the Trudeau government had been on track to purchase 18 brand new Super Hornet jet fighters from Boeing. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was evasive on Tuesday about whether a formal decision had been made to scrap the Boeing deal in favour of the Australian plan. Scrapping the Boeing deal would not come as a complete surprise.

Source: CBC News December 06, 2017 09:56 UTC